Giovanni Bosco – Il mese di maggio consacrato a Maria SS. Immacolata ad uso del popolo per cura del sacerdote Bosco Giovanni

Il mese di maggio che è il più delizioso dell’anno doveva con tutta ragionevolezza essere consacrato a Maria. Fin dal 1700 in diversi paesi del Piemonte si facevano particolari esercizi di cristiana pietà in ciascun giorno di maggio in onore di Maria.

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Maria Dosio – Spiritualità mariana di Laura Vicuña (1891-1904)

Maria Dosio, fermando l’attenzione sul clima educativo creato dalle FMA nelle prime fondazioni in terra argentina agli inizi del nostro secolo, ci guida a percepire verso quali mete possibili condurre l’attuazione del «sistema preventivo» di don Bosco, adeguatamente intessuto di spiritualità mariana, anche in contesti socio-culturali diversi da quello in cui è sorto.

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Arthur Lenti – Madonnas for times of trouble

The question of the circumstances in which Don Bosco became the champion of the Virgin Mary under the specific titles of Immaculate Conception and Help of Christians is no longer a matter of debate. These titles, in so far as their revival in the second half of the nineteenth century is concerned, are tied to specific and well-known political events.

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Aldo Giraudo – Gli appunti di predicazione mariana di don Bosco. Edizione critica

Si offre l’edizione critica di sette schemi autografi di predicazione di don Bosco conservati nell’ASC e composti in occasione di alcune feste mariane. Solo due di essi sono datati (3 giugno 1842 e 11 settembre 1864). Altri due, in base alla grafia, possono essere attribuiti ai primi anni di ministero sacerdotale, mentre i restanti appartengono certamente agli anni della maturità. Nonostante la concisione, questi manoscritti contengono alcuni dei punti che caratterizzano il magistero mariano di don Bosco, Continue reading “Aldo Giraudo – Gli appunti di predicazione mariana di don Bosco. Edizione critica”

Giovanni Bosco – Exemplary biographies

The biographical profiles of Louis Comollo (in the 1854 edition), Dominic Savio, Michael Magone and Francis Besucco are among the spiritual and pedagogical documents which are most representative of Don Bosco’s outlook. From these stories comes a horizon of meaning, a way of thinking and acting thoroughly rooted in his cultural context. At the same time however, beyond historical contingencies, they highlight a range of elements which better illustrate the characteristic features of the saint’s spiritual pedagogy.

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Giovanni Bosco – The marian dimension of salesian spirituality

Don Bosco, a tireless apostle of Marian devotion, emphasised the role of the Blessed Virgin for salvation of the individual in the Companion of Youth: she is the mediatrix of graces, defence against the assaults of evil, support in living a Christian life and on the way to holiness. These are things he draws from St Alphonsus Liguori: true devotion expressed through a life of virtue above all guarantees the most powerful patronage one could have in life and in death.

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Giovanni Bosco – Association of Devotees of Mary Help Of christians

When he had built the church of Mary Help of Christians at Valdocco in Turin in 1868, Don Bosco had it consecrated with an entire cycle of celebrations made available for the public domain through an appropriate booklet. Then he set out to make it an attractive centre for prayers, thanks and donations through a second larger book. Still not satisfied he sought to give stability to general devotion to Mary under the title of Mary Help of Christians through a lay association which bore that name.

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Eunan McDonnell – Holy indifference. Freeing the heart for pure love

The theme of Pure Love is essential to understanding a Salesian spirituality as lived within the Visitandine tradition. This article explores pure love through the lens of holy indifference which is essential for true spiritual freedom. It concludes with an examination of holy indifference as lived by Mary the paradigm of pure love.

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